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Best free virtual machine software?

6ixth6ixth Member
edited July 2017 in Requests

Hello sirs,

I have a dedicated server and I am looking to split it up into different VM's for my projects, it's currently running Linux but can be changed to Windows. How do you recommend I go about it and which panel's to be exact? I want it to be free as I'm not using it to make money.. maybe something like VMware?

Recommendations please.

Comments

  • XenosXenos Member

    CentOS is a flavor of Linux. Take a look at Proxmox.

  • 6ixth6ixth Member
    edited July 2017

    @Xenos said:

    CentOS is a flavor of Linux. Take a look at Proxmox.

    Yeah I meant to type Windows, was thinking about CentOS at the time.

  • XenosXenos Member

    I use Virtualbox on my Windows machine at the office. I picked up on it very quickly compared to Proxmox.

  • farnoxfarnox Member

    If you only use it yourself, go with Virtualbox. It's super easy to use and works out of the box. Proxmox is really over-sized for some personal VMs.

  • Hyper-V, or just use virtualizor for linux

  • @dontrix123 said:
    Hyper-V, or just use virtualizor for linux

    Virtualizor might be easy for use, but it's not free.

    So you can go for Proxmox, otherwise, maybe you want to do it the other way.

    Install any GUI Based Linux and then put VMWare player or virtual box on it, I think that would be really easy for you.

    You can do that with windows too, but than windows license is included.

  • You can easily install KVM in Linux. Here is the guide.

    http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/KVM_Virtualization_in_RHEL_7_Made_Easy.pdf

  • Mount proxmox 5 ISO

  • Very happy with Proxmox

  • noamannoaman Member

    I just heard win 10 launched Ubuntu in windows app store

    Not tried it though

  • aebaaeba Member
    edited July 2017

    Best free virtual machine software

    JVM

    Sorry couldn't resist

    Thanked by 1imok
  • WSSWSS Member

    @aeba said:
    Best free virtual machine software

    JVM

    Sorry couldn't resist

    Infocom's Z Machine

    Thanked by 1Tom
  • OBHostOBHost Member, Host Rep

    Hyper-V, Its best and free. (OS - Windows 2012/2016)

  • TomTom Member

    SolusVM v2, hands down best I've ever used.

    Thanked by 2Aidan doghouch
  • @Tom said:
    SolusVM v2, hands down best I've ever used.

    funny.

    Thanked by 1doghouch
  • r0xzr0xz Member

    dual boot esxi & proxmox

  • Openvz panel

  • Proxmox runs great and it's free

  • LiteServerLiteServer Member, Patron Provider

    I have good experience with VirtualBox. it's basically comparable with VMWare Workstation.
    Been using VirtualBox myself on a workstation/notebook for test setups.

  • imokimok Member

    On a dedicated server? Proxmox is the best free panel I've ever used.

    On desktop: Something from VMware or Virtual Box.

  • KVM is what I used all of the time.

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